Fourteen people have been injured as the ceiling caved in at one of the last metro station stops in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi earlier this morning, APA reported citing Agenda.
Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze said the treatment of those injured will be covered by the state, while the company responsible for the repair works will be severely punished.
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12:00
Eleven persons were injured after a ceiling collapsed in Tbilisi’s Varketili subway station, an APAcorrespondent reported from Tbilisi.
The injured have been hospitalized.
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11:27
Seven persons were injured after a ceiling collapsed in Tbilisi’s Varketili subway station, an APA correspondent reported from Tbilisi.
The injured are being hospitalized.
Mayor of Tbilisi, Kakha Kaladze went to the subway station in order to get familiarized with the current situation.
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11:16
Three persons were injured after a ceiling collapsed in Tbilisi’s Varketili subway station, an APA correspondent reported from Tbilisi.
Patrol police and rescuers are working on the spot. Currently, passengers are being evacuated from the station.
The rehabilitation of Varketili subway station was completed in September last year.